Their work challenges long-held beliefs about the finality of death and raises intriguing ... challenges that would arise if human brain tissue showed signs of approaching consciousness during ...

Brain death, also known as death by neurologic critera ... If the patient shows no signs of brain stem reflexes, doctors conduct a final test called the apnea test: They remove the patient from ...

The study included 1,781 people who had an average age of 75 at death. All had brain autopsies. Researchers examined brain tissue to look for signs of brain injury, ...

Using machine learning and brain scans, researchers found that accelerated brain aging increases the impact of cognitive risk ...

A surge of brainwaves in two people who lay dying after their life support was turned off may help to explain the phenomenon of near-death experiences ... identified the brain activity behind ...

The study included 1,781 people who had an average age of 75 at death. All had brain autopsies. Researchers examined brain tissue to look for signs of brain injury including tau tangles and ...